by Admin | May 8, 2022 | Benjamin Radford, Films, Media Appearances, Media Literacy, News, Skepticism
The long-awaited documentary SCIENCE FRICTION, which is pretty good despite my involvement, is now available on Prime Video! It’s about how scientists are deceptively edited on TV, and available now on Amazon Prime and Tubi, find it at...
by Admin | May 6, 2022 | Benjamin Radford, Conspiracy theories, Folklore, Media Appearances, Media Literacy, Squaring the Strange, Squaring the Strange, Urban legends
New episode of Squaring the Strange is out! This time the devil’s not in the details, he’s in the music! From violinists centuries ago to hard rock and even country music, the devil shows up quite a lot. Pascual takes us on a diabolical tour of musical...
by Admin | Apr 18, 2022 | Benjamin Radford, Books, Chupacabra, Cryptozoology, Folklore, Media Appearances, News, Research, Skepticism
I’m delighted to have contributed a chapter in this new book on the folklore of monsters! I haven’t read it yet but many of the other authors are brilliant friends and colleagues, and I’m looking forward to it. Mining a mountain of folklore...
by Admin | Apr 15, 2022 | Benjamin Radford, Critical Thinking, Investigation, Media Appearances, Psychics, Skepticism, Squaring the Strange, Squaring the Strange
In case you missed our recent Squaring the Strange, we talk about people who think they can talk to animals. Or people who think their animal can talk to them — psychically, of course. Yes, it’s Pet Psychics and Psychic Pets time… Listen HERE!...
by Admin | Apr 12, 2022 | Benjamin Radford, Conspiracy theories, Critical Thinking, Investigation, Media Literacy, News, Research, Skepticism
A few years ago I investigated and solved a mystery that stumped both conspiracy theorists (not hard to do) and a noted science educator (more difficult). Why did eyewitness video of a nightclub shooting contradict eyewitness accounts? On November 7, 2018, a...